[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 33580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11414]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.
Illinois Railway Museum (Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2005-21271)
The Illinois Railway Museum (IRYM) seeks a waiver of compliance
from the Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards (49 CFR
230.17(a)) for steam locomotive number IRYM 428, which requires
``Before any steam locomotive is initially put in service or brought
out of retirement, and after every 1472 service days or 15 years,
whichever is earlier, an individual competent to conduct the inspection
shall inspect the entire boiler. In the case of a new locomotive or a
locomotive being brought out of retirement, the initial 15 year period
shall begin on the day that the locomotive is placed in service or 365
calendar days after the first flue tube is installed in the locomotive,
whichever comes first. This 1472 service day inspection shall include
all annual, and 5th annual, inspection requirements, as well as any
items required by the steam locomotive owner and/or operator or the FRA
inspector. At this time, the locomotive owner and/or operator shall
complete, update and verify the locomotive specification card (FRA Form
No. 4), to reflect the condition of the boiler at the time of this
inspection. See appendices A and B of this part.'' IRYM request states
that they installed the first tube in the subject locomotive boiler in
October 1999, and since that time, the locomotive has been stored in a
heated shop. The boiler has not been fired but was hydrostatically
tested three times. If granted, the date the waiver is granted or the
first day the locomotive is fired, whichever occurs first, would be the
date the locomotive enters service and the 1472 service/15-year
inspection requirements begin.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (FRA-2005-21271) and must be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Communications
received within 45 days of the date of this notice will be considered
by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date
will be considered as far as practicable. All written communications
concerning these proceedings are available for examination during
regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. All
documents in the public docket are also available for inspection and
copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (volume 65, number 70; pages 19477-78). The Statement
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-11414 Filed 6-7-05; 8:45 am]
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